In last week's Data Dimes, the PointAfter team broke down the four worst deals of 2016 NBA free agency based on team fit, age and ability. This week, we'll look to the opposite side of the coin and peg some of the summer's best bargains.
During an off-season featuring a massive salary cap increase - making just about every new contract drop jaws without the benefit of context - bargains were difficult to come by. Some teams did manage to sign players to modest contracts later on in the process, however. I'll use my PointAfter colleague Will Laws' Free Agent Quotient metric, which measures a free agent's value based on his age, player efficiency rating, win shares, value over replacement player and box plus-minus, to peg the upper echelon of FAs who inked team-friendly deals.